Guest Speakers

Dr. Alkmini Gkritzali is a Lecturer in Tourism at the University of Surrey, where she also holds the role of the Deputy Director of the Postgraduate Tourism Programmes. Alkmini has received a BSc in Marketing and Communication from Athens University of Economics and Business (AUEB) and an MA in Creative and Media Enterprises from the University of Warwick, before pursuing a PhD on the way motion pictures influence travel destinations at Cass Business School, City University London. At Surrey, Alkmini teaches various courses, such as Destination Management and Marketing, Tourism Services Marketing and Strategic Brand Management. Her research interests include the way destinations and their images develop and transform in everyday life, through popular culture projections, offline and online storytelling, intercultural stereotyping or even major social, political or natural crises. Alkmini is passionate about destinations, viewing them not as products, but as powerful experiences, which can create memories of a lifetime and change people’s lives.

A multilingual native of Corfu, Greece, Joanna is a graduate of the University of Bristol where she earned her PhD in 1994. She has previously held positions at the University of St Andrews, University of Nottingham, University of Bristol and Loughborough University before joining La Trobe University in February 2011. Her research interests lie in the areas of industrial organization (especially innovation, R&D cooperation and research joint ventures, technology and environmental policies), applied microeconomic theory, the economics of science and knowledge transfer and the economics of higher education. Joanna has received funding for her research from the British Academy, the ESRC, JISC, CNRS and the Spanish Government. She has published a range of papers including articles in the following Journals: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Journal of Industrial Economics, International Journal of Industrial Organization, Review of Industrial Organization, Journal of Regulatory Economics, Journal of Comparative Economics, Regional Science and Urban Economics, Review of International Economics, Oxford Review of Economic Policy and the Southern Economic Journal. Non academic interests include: Pugs, skiing, sailing, photography, wildlife and building model aeroplanes.

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SUMMER SCHOOL SESSIONS

Basic knowledge of digital entrepreneurship in the field of tourism is the main focus of this summer school. This summer school is to be held for two weeks in the island of Corfu, Greece. It is co-organised by the Department of Infromatics, Ionian University and the Department of Managerial Sciences and Technology, Athens University of Businesss & Economics.

Entrepreneurship & Innovation in Tourism

Innovation in hospitality and tourism industries. Business model design. The Open

Dr. Panos E. Kourouthanassis holds a PhD in Information Systems and an MSc in Decision Sciences specialised in eBusiness. He is currently adjunct lecturer at the University of the Aegean and senior research officer at the Wireless Research Center of the Athens University of Economics and Business. He is also co-editor of an edited volume on Pervasive Information Systems and member of the executive board of the AIS special interest group on Mobile and Ubiquitous Information Systems (SIGMUBIS).

Dr. Kourouthanassis has extensive research experience. For the past ten years, he has been involved in numerous leading edge European research projects as project manager. He has published over 20 research papers on scientific journals and European conferences. His main research interests lie in the areas of eBusiness (emphasising on mobile and wireless applications and services), pervasive and ubiquitous computing, software engineering, and information systems design.

Dr. Kourouthanassis has co-organised dedicated workshops and research tracks on pervasive and ubiquitous computing on leading International Conferences. His research work on the proposition of innovative wireless information systems for the retail sector that enhance consumers’ shopping experience received the Gold Award in the 4th ECR Student Award programme. He is a member of ECR Europe (Academics), the International Society of Logistics (SOLE), and the Association for Information Systems (AIS).

George DoukidisProfessor, Director of MSc

Dr. George Doukidis has a B.Sc. in Mathematics, University of Thessaloniki (1980)…

Dr. George Doukidis has a B.Sc. in Mathematics, University of Thessaloniki (1980), an M.Sc. in Operational Research, London School of Economics (1981), and a Ph.D. in Simulation/Artificial Intelligence, London School of Economics – LSE (1985). In the period 1981-1991 he worked at LSE as Teaching Assistant in Operational Research, Lecturer in Computing and Academic Visitor in Information Systems. Currently he is Professor in the Department of Management Science and Technology at the Athens University of Economics and Business (AUEB). He was Visiting Professor in the Department of Information Systems and Computing at Brunel University in UK (1996-2004) and he also taught at London Business School. He teaches and researches in the areas of Management and Strategy of Information Systems, Electronic Commerce, Innovation and Business Development, Decision Support Systems.

He has an extensive 25 years experience with R&D in Information and he has supervised successfully 13 PhD students in UK and Greece. He is initiator and director of ELTRUN (ELectronic Trading Research UNit: http://www.eltrun.aueb.gr) at AUEB and has collaborated with more than 50 research groups worldwide in R&D projects. He has successfully managed more than 50 R&D projects financed by the European Commission (in programs such as IST, ESPRIT, Tellematics for Administration etc), the Greek Government and private organizations.

He has published over 120 scientific papers in Journals such as: The Journal of Retailing, The European Journal of Information Systems, The Journal of Strategic Information Systems, The Journal of the Operational Research Society, The Journal of Decision Support Systems, The International Journal of Electronic Commerce, Industrial Management and Data Systems, Journal of Information Technology, International Journal of Education and Computing, The European Journal of Operational Research, The Journal of Expert Systems with Applications, The Journal of Knowledge-Based Systems, The International Transactions in Operational Research, OMEGA, etc. and in the Proceedings of International Scientific Conferences.

He is member of the Editorial Board in the following International Scientific Journals: “Journal of Strategic Information Systems”, “Journal of Decision Systems”, “International Journal of Electronic Markets”, “Business Process Management Journal”, “Information Systems and eBusiness Management Journal”, “International Journal of Mobile Communication”. He has also acted 7 times as Guest editor in the following Journals: “Journal of the O.R. Society” (1990, twice), “European Journal of Information Systems” (1993), “International Journal of Electronic Commerce” (1999), “Journal of Information Technology” (1999), International Journal of Electronic Commerce (2003), “Supply Chain Management: An International Journal (2007)”

In 2009 he received the “European Case Award” from ECCH in the category of “Knowledge, Information and Communication Systems Management”.

Katerina Pramatari is Associate Professor at the Department of Management Science and Technology of the Athens University of Economics and Business (AUEB) and scientific coordinator of the ELTRUN-SCORE research group. She holds a BSc in Informatics and MSc in Information Systems from AUEB, and a PhD in Information Systems and Supply Chain Management also from AUEB.

She has worked as a systems analyst for Procter & Gamble European Headquarters and in the Marketing Department of Procter & Gamble Greece, as well as in the setup of B2B ventures. She has won both business and academic distinctions and has been granted eight state and school scholarships.

Her research and teaching areas are Supply and Demand Chain Collaboration, Traceability and RFID, e-Procurement, e-Business Integration and Electronic Services. She has published more than 18 papers in scientific journals including the Information Systems Journal, The European Journal of OR, Computers and OR, Supply Chain Management-An International Journal, Journal of Information Technology, International Journal of Information Management.

Konstantinos Oikonomou received his diploma in Computer Engineering and Informatics from University of Patras in 1998. In September 1999 he received his postgraduate degree: M.Sc. in Communication and Signal Processing from the Electrical and Electronic Engineering Department, Imperial College (London). He received his Ph.D. degree in 2004 from the Informatics and Telecommunications Department, University of Athens, Greece. His Ph.D. thesisfocuses on medium access control policies in ad hoc networks. Between December 1999 and January 2005 he was employed at Intracom S.A, as a research and development engineer. His current interests involve medium accesscontrol in ad hoc networks, performance issues in wireless networks, information dissemination, service discovery, facility location, energy consumption in cloud computing environments. He has a long experience regarding wireless systems and he has been co-ordinating a number of EC research projects in the computer networks research area and in various local development projects (e.g., virtual worlds). He has been a reviewer and TPC member of numerous conferences and journals in the area. He is currently an Associate Professor in Computer Networks at the Department of Informatics of the Ionian University, Greece. He holds an award for the best paper from the Hawaii International Conference on System Service and another one from the Hellenic Mathematical Society.

Dimitrios FronimosPhD Candidate, Laboratory Assistant

Department of Informatics, Ionian University

Dr. Katerina Fraidaki Laboratory Assistant

Department of Management Science & Technology, Athens University of Economics & Business

Vasileios KomianosPhD Candidate, Laboratory Assistant

Department of Informatics, Ionian University

PROGRAM

Accommodation

We offer to a limited number of students the possibility of staying at a student residence (probably sharing a room with another summer school student) with basic comfort (bed, lavatory, and bedding). Please contact the local organizers for more information. Please note that accommodation in the student residence is limited: First-come, first-served. The student residence is University Hall of Residence in Corfu (tel: +30 26610-87637, +30 26610-82119).

For your convenience the organizers also assured special rates for summer school students, in collaboration with three hotels in Corfu. Rooms are limited and upon request, as follows: